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Geology of Saitama prefecture

Prefectural Rock: Schist of Nagatoro village

Minerals | Fossils | Hot springs

Geological units reported from Saitama prefecture

A list of stratigraphic units and igneous bodies reported in Saitama prefecture, Kanto region, Honshu island, Japan

Geological settings

Sediments (Quaternary - Neogene)

Sediments (Mesozoic)

Accretionary complexes (Jurassic - Late Triassic)

Caldera complexes (Neogene)

Plutonic rocks (Magnetite series)

Plutonic rocks (Ilmenite series)

Low-P metamorphic rocks (Cretaceous)

High-P metamorphic rocks (Cretaceous)

Serpentine mélange

Guidebooks of geology in Saitama prefecture

Sunday Geology Geology of Saitama, Mankichi Horiguchi ed., Tsukiji Shokan Publishing Co., Ltd., 159p. (1968), in Japanese

Sunday Geology-1 Geology of Saitama, Mankichi Horiguchi ed., Tsukiji Shokan Publishing Co., Ltd., 258p. (1975), in Japanese, 1044-282056-4818

Geological guide series-4 Saitama prefecture Geological Guide, Kazuhito Sudo ed., 308p. Corona Publishing Co., Ltd., (1977), in Japanese, 3044-505240-2353

Sunday Geology-1 Nature of Saitama, Mankichi Horiguchi, Tsukiji Shokan Publishing Co., Ltd., 273p. (1987), in Japanese, ISBN4-9067-1017-2 C1044

Geological guide series-4 New version Saitama prefecture Geological Guide, Saitamaken Chigaku Kyoiku Kenkyukai ed., Corona Publishing Co., Ltd., (1992), in Japanese, ISBN4-339-07540-X

New version Sunday Geology-1 Nature of Saitama, Mankichi Horiguchi, Tsukiji Shokan Publishing Co., Ltd., 234p. (2000), in Japanese, ISBN4-8067-1214-0 C0044

Sunday Geology-1 Nature of Saitama revised version, Mankichi Horiguchi, Tsukiji Shokan Publishing Co., Ltd., 234p. (2012), in Japanese, ISBN978-4-8067-1436-1 C0044